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News · The Hacker News · Jul 19

Critical NGINX Vulnerability Can Crash Workers and May Allow Remote Code Execution

F5 has shipped fixes for a critical nginx flaw that lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker trigger a heap buffer overflow in the worker process with crafted HTTP requests. CVE-2026-42533 was patched on July 15 in nginx 1.30.4 (stable) and 1.31.3 (mainline), and in NGINX Plus 37.0.3.1; anyone on an…

News · BleepingComputer · Jul 18

WordPress Core "wp2shell" RCE flaws get public exploits, patch now

Public exploits have been released for the critical "wp2shell" remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting WordPress Core, making it imperative that administrators patch their sites immediately. [...]

Advisories · CISA · Jul 14

Rockwell Automation 1715-AENTR EtherNet/IP Adapter

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read or delete files, stop tasks, modify memory, and change I/O states, potentially impacting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the device. The following versions of Rockwell Automation 1715…

News · BleepingComputer · Jul 20

Critical ServiceNow code execution flaw now exploited in attacks

Attackers have begun exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-6875) in the ServiceNow AI Platform, according to threat intelligence company Defused. [...]

News · The Hacker News · Jul 14

SAP Patches CVSS 9.9 NetWeaver ABAP Flaw That Could Expose or Modify Data

SAP has rolled out updates to address multiple vulnerabilities as part of its July 2026 security updates, including a critical flaw in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-44747 (CVSS score: 9.9), an out-of-bounds write flaw that allows an authenticated …

Advisories · CISA · Jul 14

CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-15409 SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability CVE-2026-15410 SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Code Injection Vulnerability CVE…

News · CSO Online · Jul 20

ServiceNow’s sandbox escape RCE hole now exploited in the wild

A sandbox security hole that could lead to remote code execution (RCE), patched last week by ServiceNow, is being actively exploited in the wild, according to a report from threat intel firm Defused.  The report, posted on X, said the firm is “observing in-the-wild exploitation of the ServiceNow…

News · Help Net Security · Jul 20

ServiceNow pre-auth RCE exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-6875)

Attackers have begun exploiting CVE-2026-6875, a critical pre-authentication vulnerability in the ServiceNow AI Platform, according to threat intelligence firm Defused. About the vulnerability ServiceNow AI is a Platform-as-a-Service that lets organizations build and automate digital workflows. CVE…

News · SecurityWeek · Jul 14

7 Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer

The flaws can be exploited for authentication bypass, remote code execution, privilege escalation, and directory traversal. The post 7 Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Research · SANS ISC · Jul 20

WordPress Exploitation Underway (CVE-2026-63030), (Mon, Jul 20th)

Last week, Searchlight Cyber released details about a vulnerability they are calling "wp2shell". The vulnerability was initially announced without a CVE number. But now has been assigned CVE-2026-63030. Many WordPress plugin vulnerabilities are never assigned CVE numbers. But wp2shell is different.…

News · Help Net Security · Jul 19

Week in review: High severity WordPress vulnerabilities, fake OAuth IDs bypass sign-in logs

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Two new high severity WordPress vulnerabilities, patch immediately! The 7.0.2 WordPress security release addresses one critical and one high severity security issue. Cynative: Open-source deep research…